Elia Kazan Quotes
People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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It is vitally important that our children know they are loved and safe at home
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I'm paying the third highest alimony and child support in the world. And the only two ahead of me are sheiks.
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I'm a very secretive person.
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A lot of people made their first luxury fashion purchase, but at a discount. And that made it an easier purchasing decision.
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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
